Last Person to Reply Wins!

alextemplet — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 21:22:18 GMT

Yep, here's that dreaded game again, because every forum needs one. So far I'm winning!

How's Your Weather Today?

mcar — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 02:45:43 GMT

These past few days, it was extremely hot and humid in our city. I had headaches that lasted for 3 days. While on work, I can not help myself from taking a nap for it�s quite a very �slow day� for me; the situation somewhat drained my energy. As we talked about our changing weather, we put our thoughts back on the accelerating effects of global warming and the environmental factors associated with it.

The Philippine Atmospheric, Geophysical & Astronomical Services Administration (PAGASA) ...

Week away.

Nevyn — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 17:16:15 GMT

I'm away next week on holiday, most likely with out access to the internet.

I'll be looking for rock specimens and learning how to use my geology kit but I was wondering what to do about the forum during that time.

Igneous features in the UK

Nevyn — Thu, 19 Jun 2008 16:50:45 GMT

Great Britain isn't a place where there are any active volcanoes but there are some igneous features found in the area.

The main features are Batholiths, Dykes, Sills and other intrusive features.

The best known Batholith is probably Goat Fell on the Isle of Arran in Scotland.

There are also a series of Dykes found here as well.

The Dykes are between 2 and 3 meters wide.

Gological?

Geoepicenter — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 08:59:15 GMT

Is there an Oops on this subdirectory title

Sumatra activity

Nevyn — Thu, 22 May 2008 18:39:19 GMT

Is it just me paying more attention to the earthquakes I'm monitoring or has there been an unusual amount of seismic activity in Southern Sumatra in Indonesia?

Google strangeness

Geoepicenter — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 09:14:22 GMT

If you google my website (Geoepicenter), your website shows up,

but if you google geo-center, it does not. Now how weird is that?

I just do not understand the search engine thinking...

The China Earthquake

Nevyn — Mon, 12 May 2008 19:02:40 GMT

I have the earthquake reports of the China earthquake and all after shocks of magnitude 5 and greater that occurred today.

1.

== PRELIMINARY EARTHQUAKE REPORT ==

***This event supersedes event AT00057368.

Region: EASTERN SICHUAN, CHINA

Geographic coordinates: 31.084N, 103.266E

Magnitude: 7.5 Mw

Depth: 10 km

Universal Time (UTC): 12 May 2008 06:28:00

Time near the ...

Name that Gemstone, mineral or fossil game

Nevyn — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 17:29:21 GMT

Ok just guess what gemstone, mineral or fossil has been posted in the picture below. The person who guesses gets to do the next one.

Chaiten volcano

Nevyn — Mon, 05 May 2008 13:11:26 GMT

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7381652.stm

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/1927588/Chile

http://news.sky.com/skynews/article/0,,30200-1314939,00.html

I find it quite amusing reading these news articles and seeing the range in time that they say it was since the volcano last erupted.

The range I found was 450 years to 9,000 years.

The pictures I found are here:

This is also from The Times on Wednesday the 7th of May 2008.

The next to are from The Sun ...

Treasures in a Cave

mcar — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 06:10:19 GMT

On our way to the Aglipay Caves during our 43rd BIOTA-PHIL Annual National Convention, we witnessed the majestic treasures of the unknown world:

In the darkness, treasures like stalactites and stalagmites sparkle like expensive gems:

The rock structures were wet looking since mineral water drips from them. Walking inside was sticky and bat droppings were scattered everywhere. Some covered entirely a stalagmite surface.

Some resemble images of the feared fictional ...

Bots?

Galrion — Mon, 14 Apr 2008 20:02:19 GMT

Is it me or are the bots visiting more frequently?

Herkimer diamonds

Nevyn — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:56:03 GMT

http://geology.com/articles/herkimer-diamonds.shtml

This is an interesting article that I found earlier today. I never knew that Herimer diamonds weren't really diamonds!

Holmes' principles of physical geology

Nevyn — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 09:08:42 GMT

Is this a good quality geology book?

If so then I'm quite lucky, getting a copy for nothing because my school was going to throw it out.

Avatar

Geoepicenter — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 21:59:12 GMT

What do you think of my avatar? Can you guess what it is? Hey that can be a new game, name the rock or mineral game

Web Ads?

Nevyn — Fri, 18 Apr 2008 23:16:28 GMT

I've just seen ads appear for the first time. I think I've turned them off but can't be sure.

Olease inform me if they are still active.

Sedimentology of the Colorado Plateau

Galrion — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:37:46 GMT

Admin or moderators, please tell me if this is useful.

http://www2.nau.edu/rcb7/

UK earthquake.

Nevyn — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 21:43:27 GMT

There was an Earthquake today in the UK.

Magnitude 4.7

Date-Time Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 00:56:45 UTC

Wednesday, February 27, 2008 at 12:56:45 AM at epicenter

Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones

Location 53.321�N, 0.314�W

Depth 10 km (6.2 miles) set by location program

Region ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM

Distances 50 km (30 miles) S of Kingston upon Hull, England, UK

70 km (45 miles) NE of Nottingham, England, UK

80 km (50 miles) E of Sheffield, England, ...

Sedimentry rocks

Galrion — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 20:47:39 GMT

http://geology.com/rocks/sedimentary-rocks.shtml

Read through this and see if anyone else spots the mistake.

P.S. not sure if this is the right catagory.

Topaz

Galrion — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 19:16:01 GMT

http://geology.com/minerals/topaz.shtml

An article on topaz.

Super volcanoes

Galrion — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 21:20:26 GMT

Browsing wikipedia and found some articles relating to the definition of a supervolcano.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supervolcano

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Large_igneous_province

I dread to think what the consequences would be of such an eruption.

My finds

Nevyn — Sun, 30 Mar 2008 19:54:57 GMT

Site 1, Whitby

Fossils:

5 complete or near complete ammonites, and 3 fragmented ammonites.

3/4 belemnites, broken

Rock type:

Upper Lias from the Lower Jurassic which occured during the Mesozoic era.

Fossils where found on a wave cut platform that streached 20-30 meters.

Photos:

Site 2, Runswick

Fossils:

2 slabs with a variety of specimens.

3 belemnites, 2 incomplete and fragmented 1 possibly complete but fragmented.

1 piece of that I suspect is Jet, a form ...

Super volcano-Yellowstone national park

Nevyn — Fri, 04 Apr 2008 15:31:14 GMT

This goes well with the topic I made about Yellowstone in the Volcanology section.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5C5RPbSMh4

Program is: "10 things you didn't know about volcanoes" by Iain Stewart.

New post

Geoepicenter — Mon, 31 Mar 2008 07:00:09 GMT

I am not sure why, but the new post indicators do not seem to work. I can never tell when a new post is made. I don't see moving icons, or highlighted icons, or different colors. I guess that is colour for UK

Congrats... 100 hundred post

Geoepicenter — Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:52:23 GMT

There has been a 100 post on this forum. Umm, make that 101

Yellowstone supervolcano

Nevyn — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 23:34:57 GMT

I've found some info on the supervolcano, Yellowstone, which appeared in '10 things you didn't know about Volcanoes' by Iain Stewart.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellow_Stone#Geology

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yellowstone_Caldera

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geothermal_areas_of_Yellowstone

This is now on my list of Geological places to visit.

An Aftermath Recall

mcar — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 03:03:04 GMT

It was a great disaster during that early 90s when Mt. Pinatubo erupted to a great extent. I was a witness to that great eruption and had seen how a province was almost erased in the Philippine map.

Here's Pinatubo, peaceful and calm as it may seem.

As of the 1991, it unleashed its rage.

And one of the aftermaths, just like an unexpected white christmas.

Here's a good link for more history: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinatubo

Fossil Falls Northern Ca

Geoepicenter — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 23:29:24 GMT

I thought I would share a photo I shot at Fossil Falls in No. Ca, What you are looking at is a magma flow that once flowed over glacial ice many moons ago, and as the frozen tundra was enveloped by molten basaltic rock, the ice began to boil in a circular fashion thus creating these cylindrical patterns in the rock.

Calderas near Bishop Ca.

Geoepicenter — Sun, 24 Feb 2008 04:15:27 GMT

While touring the geology of Northern Ca, we stopped to see a few extinct calderas.

The same shot from Google Earth

It may be intersting to note that I learned about these remnance of a volcanic past by simply searching Google Earth looking for signs of geologic features and making note of the GPS coordinates.

Google Earth is a cool tool for this hobby.

Congratulations to the Administrator

mcar — Sun, 09 Mar 2008 08:05:25 GMT

I hope that you start this another year of your life with all the energy and hapiness; as new challenges await you, good luck!

Death Valley Moving rocks

Geoepicenter — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 00:45:20 GMT

What is your theory?

http://www.billandcori.com/deathvalley/dv_moving_rocks.htm

Nice Job ....

Geoepicenter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:43:53 GMT

Forum looks great. Good work. But I would fix the title length rule. 10 char is a bit much.

Add site to Google

Geoepicenter — Sat, 23 Feb 2008 02:44:02 GMT

I do not know if you have done this already, but you should add your site to Google. Here is the link to do so. http://www.google.com/addurl/

Getting your site added to the search engines is crucial if you want people to know you exist. Also having relavent key words in you title will help. Like add Geology Forum in your title. Search engines use the titles for classifying your site.

Just a tip.

Earthquake Notification

Geoepicenter — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 20:48:21 GMT

For you earthquake hunters, this site may be of interest. The service ran by USGS can send you real time email notification of siesmic events anywhere in the world. You can set up what magnitude for notification, otherwise your email box would be full. I set mine for mag 5 or greater. It allows you to track earthquakes and observe any patterns. From what I have observed, the ring of fire is the most active. Here is the link.

https://sslearthquake.usgs.gov/ens/

Geo Majors

Geoepicenter — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 23:31:01 GMT

I thought this link may be of interest to anyone thinking of a Geology major. Provided is a link to SDSU course requirements. As you can see, a lot of math, two or more semesters of chemistry, and a couple physics. So HS students would be advised to prep on these courses, but even if you have not, this won't be a roadblock, it only helps. Requirements will vary from one UC to another, but this should give a you a rough idea.

http://coursecat.sdsu.edu/catalog/GEOL.pdf